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China by Mercator/Hondius 1636, the only English text edition

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China.

MERCATOR, Gerard
[Amsterdam],
Jodocus Hondius,
1636
Hand-coloured engraved map, English text to verso.
455 by 575mm. (18 by 22.75 inches).
15209

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notes:

notes:

A map of China from the 1636 English edition of the Hondius-Mercator 'Atlas'.

China is somewhat condensed, and Japan (drawn after Luis Teixeira) is similarly misshapen. Korea is shown as an island. The Great Wall is shown in the north of China, and to the left is an illustration of a Chinese windboat. The mythical Strait of Anian is shown between Asia and America, with a section of the northwest American coast visible, inhabited by a deer and a wolf. Two ships, o...

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Van der Krogt 8410:1A, for atlas see 1:113.